ANNA BOWMAN DODD (BLAKE)
\ˈanə bˈə͡ʊmən dˈɒd blˈe͡ɪk], \ˈanə bˈəʊmən dˈɒd blˈeɪk], \ˈa_n_ə b_ˈəʊ_m_ə_n d_ˈɒ_d__ b_l_ˈeɪ_k]\
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An American prose-writer; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 1850. She has written criticisms for the London Art Journal and Harper's Magazine, and published "Cathedral Days" (1886); "The Republic of the Future" (1887); and "Glorinda: a Story" (1888).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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- A German historian and poet; born in Neidenburg, East Prussia, Jan. 19, 1821; died at Munich, May 1, 1891. He studied severely Konigsberg home, wrote essays of deep scholarship; "Socialistic Elements Goethe's Wilhelm Meister"; tragedy, "The Death Tiberius", the ripest historical learning; "Corsica"; other most authoritative books travel description, based on close personal study. also "Euphorion", an epic, poems high repute. But his works, unsurpassed learning vivid realization spirit their times, are commanding monument genius. City Rome Middle Ages", "Lucretia Borgia", "Urban VIII"., Monuments Popes", "Athenais", need be named.